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<blockquote data-quote="Synchronicity" data-source="post: 1541570" data-attributes="member: 10070">Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2Gabe's eyes widen, and an expression passes across his face. A sudden look of...something. It looks like mingled confusion and fear. For a moment, Gabe's outward appearance of nerves and shyness drops to reveal someone who's deeply troubled, and more than a little scared. Then, as he catches Eleyna's eye, he half-turns away from her and ducks his head, letting his hair mask his face.&nbsp;A gen-scan? Now? But why? They *never* do it this early..why? What *is* it for, anyway? I know it's a medical sort of thing, but..ohgod. What if what's been happening to me shows up on a medical scan? Or a brain scan? Or whatever the heck it is the gen-scan scans? Ohgod. I...what do I do? Calm, Gabe, breathe. You may be panicking over nothing. But what if I'm not? What happens then?Gabe stands there frozen for several moments, seemingly oblivious to Eleyna's presence. Without realising it, his right hand darts up to his neck, pulls something out of his t-shirt, and begins rubbing it with his thumb. A pendant of some kind? Gabe begins muttering quietly, not seeming to realise that he's speaking out loud. &quot;But why? They *never* do it this early..why? What if..[pause] ohgod. [pause] What happens then?&quot;As he mutters &quot;ohgod&quot;, something seems to occur to the boy, and his hand tenses around the object in his hand. He goes rigid for a moment, his whole body tensing. After he mutters &quot;what happens then?&quot;, Gabe takes a shuddering breath, and glances up through his hair at Eleyna. He looks and sounds drained, as if something just took a lot out of him, or he got a nasty shock. His eyes look worried, or...haunted? When he speaks, his voice sounds different, like he's got something caught in his throat. His normal shy smile is absent, and he looks pale and ill.&quot;Right. OK. Thanks. I...I have to go.&quot; Gabe turns and heads in a hurried fashion towards the nearest toilets,the knot in his stomach turning into a churning and acidic throbbing, intent on splashing some water on his face and trying to stop himself getting so worked up over what might be nothing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Synchronicity, post: 1541570, member: 10070"] [b]Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2[/b] Gabe's eyes widen, and an expression passes across his face. A sudden look of...something. It looks like mingled confusion and fear. For a moment, Gabe's outward appearance of nerves and shyness drops to reveal someone who's deeply troubled, and more than a little scared. Then, as he catches Eleyna's eye, he half-turns away from her and ducks his head, letting his hair mask his face. [i]A gen-scan? Now? But why? They *never* do it this early..why? What *is* it for, anyway? I know it's a medical sort of thing, but..ohgod. What if what's been happening to me shows up on a medical scan? Or a brain scan? Or whatever the heck it is the gen-scan scans? Ohgod. I...what do I do? Calm, Gabe, breathe. You may be panicking over nothing. But what if I'm not? What happens then?[/i] Gabe stands there frozen for several moments, seemingly oblivious to Eleyna's presence. Without realising it, his right hand darts up to his neck, pulls something out of his t-shirt, and begins rubbing it with his thumb. A pendant of some kind? Gabe begins muttering quietly, not seeming to realise that he's speaking out loud. "But why? They *never* do it this early..why? What if..[pause] ohgod. [pause] What happens then?" As he mutters "ohgod", something seems to occur to the boy, and his hand tenses around the object in his hand. He goes rigid for a moment, his whole body tensing. After he mutters "what happens then?", Gabe takes a shuddering breath, and glances up through his hair at Eleyna. He looks and sounds drained, as if something just took a lot out of him, or he got a nasty shock. His eyes look worried, or...haunted? When he speaks, his voice sounds different, like he's got something caught in his throat. His normal shy smile is absent, and he looks pale and ill. "Right. OK. Thanks. I...I have to go." Gabe turns and heads in a hurried fashion towards the nearest toilets,the knot in his stomach turning into a churning and acidic throbbing, intent on splashing some water on his face and trying to stop himself getting so worked up over what might be nothing. [/QUOTE]

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